1987 Atlanta Falcons Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-12
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Marion Campbell (3-12)
Location: Atlanta, Georgia

1987 Atlanta Falcons Roster
1987 Atlanta Falcons Results

The Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 3 wins and 12 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division of the National Football Conference.

The Falcons scored only 205 points, worst in the league, and the leaky defense yielded 436, most in the circuit. Scott Campbell threw for 1,728 yards. Floyd Dixon hauled in 36 passes for 600 yards. Aubrey Matthews contributed to the receiving game also.

Gerald Riggs ran for a team-best 875 yards for Atlanta.

Bobby Butler picked off 4 errant tosses from the opposition. Buddy Moor topped pass rushers with 4 sacks.

Marion Campbell coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Scott Campbell	260	136	52.3	1728	6.6	11	4.2	14	5.4	44	25	178	65.0
Erik Kramer	92	45	48.9	559	6.1	4	4.3	5	5.4	33	10	82	60.0
Chris Miller	92	39	42.4	552	6.0	1	1.1	9	9.8	57	5	37	26.4
Jeff Van Raaphorst	34	18	52.9	174	5.1	1	2.9	2	5.9	24	3	19	52.8
David Archer	23	9	39.1	95	4.1	0	0.0	2	8.7	33	3	24	15.7
Totals	501	247	49.3	3108	6.2	17	3.4	32	6.4	57	46	340

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Gerald Riggs	203	875	4.3	44	2
Scott Campbell	21	102	4.9	24	2
Rick Badanjek	29	87	3.0	31	1
John Settle	19	72	3.8	12	0
Kenny Flowers	14	61	4.4	14	0
Michael Williams	14	49	3.5	9	0
Chris Miller	4	21	5.2	11	0
Norm Granger	6	12	2.0	6	0
Joe McIntosh	5	11	2.2	5	0
Erik Kramer	2	10	5.0	11	0
David Archer	2	8	4.0	7	0
Jeff Van Raaphorst	1	6	6.0	6	0
Sylvester Stamps	1	6	6.0	6	0
Larry Emery	1	5	5.0	5	0
Jerry Butler	1	1	1.0	1	0
Darryl Oliver	1	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Griffin	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
Floyd Dixon	3	-3	-1.0	7	0
Aubrey Matthews	1	-4	-4.0	-4	0
Rick Donnelly	3	-6	-2.0	0	0
Lenny Taylor	1	-13	-13.0	-13	0
Totals	333	1298	3.9	44	5

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Floyd Dixon	36	600	16.7	51	5
Aubrey Matthews	32	537	16.8	57	3
Gerald Riggs	25	199	8.0	48	0
Stacey Bailey	20	325	16.2	35	3
Ken Whisenhunt	17	145	8.5	26	1
Lenny Taylor	12	171	14.2	28	1
John Settle	11	153	13.9	36	0
Arthur Cox	11	101	9.2	19	0
Milton Barney	10	175	17.5	32	2
Michael Williams	9	70	7.8	15	0
Billy Johnson	8	84	10.5	19	0
Sylvester Byrd	7	125	17.9	33	0
John Kamana	7	51	7.3	15	1
Kenny Flowers	7	50	7.1	24	0
Rick Badanjek	6	35	5.8	16	0
Charlie Brown	5	103	20.6	23	0
Larry Emery	5	31	6.2	13	0
Sylvester Stamps	4	40	10.0	19	0
Leon Gonzalez	3	40	13.3	22	0
Joe McIntosh	3	15	5.0	9	1
Norm Granger	2	34	17.0	26	0
Jerry Butler	2	7	3.5	4	0
Dan Sharp	2	6	3.0	5	0
John Evans	1	8	8.0	8	0
Darryl Oliver	1	2	2.0	2	0
Ron Middleton	1	1	1.0	1	0
Totals	247	3108	12.6	57	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Mick Luckhurst	17	17	100.0	13	9	69.2	44
Greg Davis	6	6	100.0	4	3	75.0	15
Totals	23	23	100.0	17	12	70.6	59

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Rick Donnelly	61	2686	44.0	62
Louis Berry	7	258	36.9	51
John Starnes	6	203	33.8	49
Greg Davis	6	191	31.8	55
Mick Luckhurst	1	37	37.0	37
Totals	81	3375	41.7	62

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Billy Johnson	21	168	8.0	45
Milton Barney	5	28	5.6	11
Gary Moss	3	15	5.0	11
Jerry Butler	2	10	5.0	9
Totals	31	221	7.1	45

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Sylvester Stamps	24	660	27.5	97	1
Larry Emery	21	440	21.0	66	0
John Settle	10	158	15.8	22	0
Joe McIntosh	3	108	36.0	71	0
Darryl Oliver	5	90	18.0	28	0
Kenny Flowers	4	72	18.0	20	0
Major Everett	2	33	16.5	18	0
Rick Badanjek	2	27	13.5	16	0
Gary Moss	1	23	23.0	23	0
Steve Griffin	1	21	21.0	21	0
David Croudip	1	18	18.0	18	0
Michael Williams	2	15	7.5	15	0
Jerry Butler	1	13	13.0	13	0
Dan Sharp	1	11	11.0	11	0
Arthur Cox	1	11	11.0	11	0
Totals	79	1700	21.5	97	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bobby Butler	4	48	12.0	31
David Croudip	2	40	20.0	40
Tim Gordon	2	28	14.0	27
Robert Moore	2	23	11.5	18
Charles Huff	2	14	7.0	14
Gary Moss	1	18	18.0	18
Scott Case	1	12	12.0	12
James Britt	1	-1	-1.0	-1
Totals	15	182	12.1	40

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Buddy Moor	4.0
Rick Bryan	2.5
Tony Casillas	2.0
Greg Brown	2.0
Dennis Harrison	1.5
Tim Green	1.0
John Rade	1.0
Jessie Tuggle	1.0
Mike Gann	1.0
Mark Studaway	0.5
Dwaine Morris	0.5
Totals	17.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Tony Casillas	72	72	0		0	1	0	0	1
Scott Case	52	52	0	0
Jessie Tuggle	35	35	0
Elbert Shelley	3	3	0
Tim Green					0	2	35	0	0
Robert Moore				0	0	2	20	1	0
Scott Campbell					4	2	0		0
Leon Thomasson					0	1	0	0	0
Ken Whisenhunt					1	1	0		0
Sylvester Stamps					1	1	0		0
Kenny Flowers					1	1	0	0	0
Emanuel Weaver					0	1	0	0	0
Tim Gordon				0	0	1	0	0	0
Rick Donnelly					2	1	-4	0	0
Aaron Brown					0	1	0	0	0
Rick Bryan					0	1	0	0	0
Pat Saindon					0	1	6	0	0
Gerald Riggs					4	1	0		0
Brenard Wilson					0	1	0	0	0
John Settle					2	1	0	0	0
Aubrey Matthews					2	1	0		0
Jeff Van Raaphorst					1	0	0	0	0
Milton Barney					1	0	0		0
Arthur Cox					2	0	0	0	0
John Kamana					1	0	0		0
Billy Johnson					2	0	0	0	0
Norm Granger					1	0	0	0	0
Rick Badanjek					1	0	0		0
Stacey Bailey					1	0	0		0
Totals	162	162	0	0	27	21	57	1	1

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Mick Luckhurst									9	17	0			44
Floyd Dixon	0	5							0	0	0			30
Stacey Bailey		3							0	0	0			18
Aubrey Matthews	0	3							0	0	0			18
Greg Davis									3	6	0			15
Gerald Riggs	2	0							0	0	0			12
Milton Barney		2	0						0	0	0			12
Scott Campbell	2								0	0	0			12
Joe McIntosh	0	1		0					0	0	0			6
Lenny Taylor	0	1							0	0	0			6
John Kamana		1							0	0	0			6
Robert Moore						0	1		0	0	0			6
Rick Badanjek	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Ken Whisenhunt		1							0	0	0			6
Sylvester Stamps	0	0		1					0	0	0			6
Totals	5	17	0	1	0	0	1	0	12	23	0	0	0	203